President Trump’s approval rating held steady in the latest Harvard CAPS/Harris poll as economic concerns have ticked down a bit.
The poll released Monday showed Trump’s approval rating at 47 percent, just 1 point down from where it was last month. His disapproval rating reached 48 percent, the first time since Trump returned to office that he had a slightly higher disapproval rating than approval rating.
But the rating remains mostly unchanged compared to where it stood in March, well within the margin of error of each other.
Mark Penn, the chairman of the Harris poll, said the results show that Trump is “holding on to his base and his voters” as attitudes on the economy have turned more positive “despite the bumpiness of tariffs.”
The poll found a slight majority of 51 percent said they considered the economy to be strong, an increase of 5 points from April and the first time since July 2021 that a majority in the poll said so. A plurality still said their personal financial situation is getting worse, though it dropped from 45 percent last month to 39 percent now.
The percentage who said their situation is improving rose to 34 percent, up 2 points.
Trump’s handling of immigration and returning the U.S. to its values are the issues he’s viewed most positively on, with 51 percent approving, while his handling of tariffs and trade policy is his weakest issue, with only 42 percent approving.
The results come after Trump announced a temporary trade deal with China to mutually lower the tariffs the countries had placed on each other since Trump’s “Liberation Day” announcement on April 2 instituting the higher tariffs. The Trump administration also announced a trade deal with the United Kingdom earlier this month.
Trump’s approval rating in the average from Decision Desk HQ has been underwater since March, but it has started to improve slightly in recent weeks. His approval rating as of the end of last week reached 45.9 percent, up from the low of 43.7 percent.
In the poll released Monday, Trump’s favorability rating was also about even, with 46 percent viewing him favorably and 47 percent viewing him unfavorably.
The Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll survey was conducted from May 14 to 15 and surveyed 1,903 registered voters. It is a collaboration of the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University and the Harris Poll.
The survey is an online sample drawn from the Harris Panel and weighted to reflect known demographics. The margin of error was 2.2 points.
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